African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard English with Mistakes (1999) [pdf]

Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by LyndsySimon on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:10PM (#15459921)

I'm from rural Arkansas, and from my perspective, the dialect that is spoken there shares more in common with AAVE than standard English.

The difference that I see is that I was expected to learn and speak standard English in a professional environment while the perception among my peers seems to be that those who natively speak AAVE expect their dialect to be accepted in all settings.

Note that I was careful to say that this is my perception of the expectations of others. My experience shows that native AAVE speakers adapt their language in professional circumstances in exactly the same way I adapt my own.

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Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by rhizome on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:14PM (#15459968)

I don't understand the "expect" part, but are you trying to describe code-switching?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching

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Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by Pharylon on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:11PM (#15459934)

Yeah, this. It's called "code switching" and we all do it. The way you talk to your boss is not the way you talk to your friends is not the way you talk to your Grandpa is not the way you talk on Facebook etc.

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Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by guelo on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:25PM (#15460072)

I don't know about the perception among your peers, but most AAVE speakers I know make an effort not to use it in professional settings.

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